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the death toll now topping 1,000. that s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a half century later, nasa counts down to its next moon shot on its most powerful rocket yet. and later, marching to his own beat. how music is opening doors for a texas teen. to become the best person that i can ever be. i mean you only live once, so i have to make it great. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with a developing story out of ukraine. this video shows new attacks near europe s largest nuclear power plant. overnight, fighting there is reported as intense, and the plant has been repeatedly damaged by days of shelling. it is controlled by russian forces but operated by ukrainian engineers. international experts say the latest shelling underlies the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. now to a political battle for control of congress. a cbs news ....
Defending a man who very clearly did not take the national security of the united states to heart. reporter: and of course with only about 70 days left until those midterm elections, jericka, we ll have to see what, if any, impact this has on voter turnout. we ll be there before we know it. thank you, kreents ruffini in washington. now to severe weather sweeping across this country. krx s danya back us is in los angeles with more on that tonight. danya, good evening. reporter: good evening, jericka. los angeles is bracing for a heat wave this week that will increase fire danger in the already wildfire-ravaged west. fueled by strong winds, the rum creek fire outside of medford, oregon, intensified overnight, nearly doubling in size and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. they ve got a very, very difficult piece of ground to try to control a fire on. reporter: the wildfire has scorched more than 8,000 acres. oh! reporter: in the midwest, parts of minne ....